Thursday, November 26, 2020

Meanwhile, in the middle east

 You do remember - the land we can forget since we are oil independent ...

Russia reports that Israel wants Russia to say they think Trump is preparing to attack Iran.


 

https://www.rt.com/news/507853-israel-trump-strike-iran/

while ...

Iran says Israel is going to attack to force Trump to join them in a war against Iran.


https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/massive-armada-irgc-boats-mobilize-gulf-amid-rumors-israeli-strike-imminent

 To which Trump MUST say - a pox on both your houses, America First.

Update 11/27/20 - a little more context ..

https://www.oann.com/analysis-covert-israeli-saudi-meeting-sends-biden-a-strong-message-on-iran/

"A historic meeting between Israel’s prime minister and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran."

and this bit is troubling ...

"Sunday’s meeting was held in the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israel’s spy chief, Israeli media said."

and this piece showed up in the establishment Dept of Navy trade journal on the 25th ..

https://blog.usni.org/posts/2020/11/25/economic-warfare-floats-to-the-surface

Israel, the Saudis, that's a lot of K street money and political clout.  Add to the list the militarily weak - but also cash flush - nations dependent on  Gulf oil.  Add the deepstate chicken hawks with Raytheon and Lockheed stocks, ALL of them pushing for a 'nice little' war - US vs Iran - for their profit.  

I do hope there are some Frank Lugo and Dave Yonker types in command of our Navy forces in the Gulf right now, but I doubt it.  Those men, in their time, denied deep state their bloody casus belli.  They ran the gulf during 'Earnest Will' in a fashion that achieved the stated mission goals while effectively managing the risks to our sailors (and a few good Marines and Air Force Special Operations Command airmen as well).



 

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